5 November 2014 e-newsletter

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Agenda

Welcome – Zoe WillcoxA) Neighbourhood Planning Focus

Quick Reprise on Neighbourhood Planning; Neighbourhood Development Plans and Neighbourhood Development Orders, what they are and when they are useful – Sarah O’Driscoll

Update on Bristol’s Neighbourhood Development Plans progress from around the groups

Old Market

Knowle West

Redcliffe

Lockleaze

Lawrence Weston

Update on accessing funding – Sarah O’Driscoll

Training aspirations for 2014/2015 – discussion

General discussion

B) Planning Division Structure Update

C) Bristol Local Plan Update.

Review of Statement of Community Involvement
BCC is reviewing its Statement of Community Involvement (SCI). The SCI sets out how BCC involves the community in producing its planning policy documents and determining planning applications.

The current version of the SCI was adopted in 2008. In order to reflect recent reforms to the planning system and the experience of community involvement since 2008, the SCI is being reviewed. BCC would welcome initial thoughts from NPN member groups on the content of the revised SCI by Friday 23rd January 2015.

These will inform a draft revised SCI which will be published for public consultation in Spring 2015.